There are 5 ways to get from Chicago, IL to Athens by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ORD - ATH
14h 11m€281–663Train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MKE - ATH
19h 51m€510–1,762Train to South Bend, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airporttrain
- Fly from South Bend (SBN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SBN - ATH
20h 2m€371–1,421Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane ORD - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
19h 43m€525–1,941Train to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kalamazootrain
- Fly from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane AZO - ATH
21h 19m€281–1,027
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago, IL to Athens is to fly which costs €280 - €700 and takes 14h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago, IL to Athens is to fly which takes 14h 11m and costs €280 - €700.
The distance between Chicago, IL and Athens is 8835 km.
It takes approximately 14h 11m to get from Chicago, IL to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 8h ahead of Chicago, IL. It is currently 12:02 AM in Chicago, IL and 8:02 AM in Athens.
There are 12600+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Athens, Greece?
American Airlines, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Athens International Airport (ATH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–470
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–470
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €490–2,000
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,500
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Washington Dulles, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,500
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Washington Dulles, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,500
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Washington Dulles, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–470
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–470
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–2,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €490–2,000
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,900
Flights from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from South Bend to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,900
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–550
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport to Athens International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Kalamazoo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- €11–13
- Phone
- +30 27210 28581
- info@ktelmessinias.gr
- Website
- ktelmessinias.gr
Bus from Kalamata to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- Book at
- https://ktelbus.gr/mes/ticketweb/
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